From International Society for Women in Apologetics:
...A worldview that ignores the existence of God does not have a coherent answer to the question of the existence of hope. However, in a Christian worldview that sees the world as being created by a God interested in the smallest details of each person’s life, hope is natural. It is the expected outcome. How does one, who believes in a Creator that works all things together for the good of those who love Him, lose hope? Found in the midst of many trials, Paul was able to affirm: “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day, (2 Cor.4:16-17).” Even to hope against all hope is not illogical when the hope is anchored in God, because the believers have enough evidence that proves the worthiness of God as the object of hope. As everyone seems to have new hopes at the beginning of a new year, we should question on what we base our hopes. Wouldn’t it be a good topic in our conversations with our non-believing friends?...-- Delia Ursulescu
...A worldview that ignores the existence of God does not have a coherent answer to the question of the existence of hope. However, in a Christian worldview that sees the world as being created by a God interested in the smallest details of each person’s life, hope is natural. It is the expected outcome. How does one, who believes in a Creator that works all things together for the good of those who love Him, lose hope? Found in the midst of many trials, Paul was able to affirm: “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day, (2 Cor.4:16-17).” Even to hope against all hope is not illogical when the hope is anchored in God, because the believers have enough evidence that proves the worthiness of God as the object of hope. As everyone seems to have new hopes at the beginning of a new year, we should question on what we base our hopes. Wouldn’t it be a good topic in our conversations with our non-believing friends?...-- Delia Ursulescu
